© Mónica R. Goya
September 2020
New work for Saveur magazine, featuring my grandmother’s mojo picón recipe, which appears in The Saveur 100 list. This was shot at my grandma’s on Tenerife, during lockdown. It’s very moving for me to see her recipe on the list.
The work appears in the Saveur Fall 2020 issue, out now.
September 2020
New work for Whetstone magazine, a favourite indie publication. With a focus on championing food to expand human empathy and challenging mainstream trends, they publish unique food stories from around the world.
For the current issue, I wrote a long form feature on Victoria Torres, a fifth generation winemaker from La Palma, Canary Islands, who makes excellent wines despite all the challenges, including climate change.
The work appears in the Issue 6, out now. Please support independent journalism and buy or subscribe here.
September 2020
I had an amazing time shooting new imagery for Flourish Produce, a lovely 16 acre farm located in Cambridgeshire. Established in 2017, their farming methods are based upon Regenerative Agriculture techniques that prioritise improving soil health and working to increase the wildlife and biodiversity of the farm.
August 2020
Last year, fascinated by the superb beauty and incredible history of Lanzarote’s vineyards, I visited the island once again independently, to document harvest.
“Situated some 80 miles off the southwest coast of Morocco, Lanzarote — with its stunning coastline, desert-like climate and plethora of volcanoes — is the easternmost of Spain’s Canary Islands. Major volcanic activity between 1730 and 1736, and again in 1824, indelibly altered the island’s landscape and helped pave the way for an improbable sight: a vast expanse of otherworldly vineyards.
In recent years, Spain has devoted more land to vines than any other country in the world. And while the Canary Islands, more broadly, have a longstanding wine tradition — the archipelago’s wines, for example, were mentioned in several of Shakespeare’s plays — nothing could prepare me for the uniqueness of Lanzarote’s vines”.
A photo essay has now been published in The New York Times. Read full story here.
August 2020
Asturias has superb beaches, but also has incredible rivers and wild swimming is highly popular. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
August 2020
The forest-garden of Fonte Baxa, an impressive private garden in western Asturias, has opened to the public for the first time. Read about my visit (in Spanish) here.
August 2020
San Antonio beach, in eastern Asturias, has been voted the best in Spain. Read full story here.
July 2020
New work featuring a restaurant that is renovating the Canarian cuisine. Read full story here.
July 2020
New restaurant review for Spanish Wine Lover, this time about La Barrica, a relatively new winebar and restaurant on Tenerife. You can read the full article (in English and Spanish) here.
July 2020
A personal story about looking at the familiar with new eyes, in this case, the Canarian island of Tenerife. Read full story and see more of my photography here.
June 2020
Last August I was lucky enough to complete a hut-to-hut hike, the Alta Via 1, in the Dolomites.
“With their colossal limestone walls and gloriously green valleys, Italy’s Dolomites are home to some of the world’s most majestic scenery — and mountain huts called rifugios make it all the more accessible”.
A photo essay of this long distance trail, traversing some of the most spectacular mountains I have ever seen, has been published in The New York Times. Read full story here.
June 2020
I wrote about some of the most spectacular beaches on Lanzarote. Read full story here.
June 2020
I wrote about one of Tenerife’s most spectacular green areas. Read full story here.
June 2020
A story, slightly sentimental maybe, about the reasons why we should return to Asturias this summer. Read full story here.
June 2020
Story about some of the must-visit beaches on Tenerife. Read full story here.
April 2020
It’s a pleasure to interview and photograph Alejandro Ruiz, executive chef at Casa Oaxaca, Mexico. The interview appears in the Mexico issue of Lodestars Anthology.
April 2020
It’s a pleasure to write an intimate letter to a country I have loved since an early age, Mexico. The essay appears in the Mexico issue of Lodestars Anthology, with photography by Greta Rybus.
March 2020
It’s a pleasure to write about Albariño wine and Galicia for the Latin American edition of Food & Wine.
March 2020
Story about the first gluten free destination of Spain, Cangas de Narcea. Work for Condé Nast Traveler Spain. Read full story here.
February 2020
It’s been a pleasure to interview Jonatan García Lima of Suertes del Marqués winery. He is at the forefront of quality wines from Tenerife. You can read the full story here and also see some accompanying images shot at the winery last autumn.
